쉐도잉 연습: A Deep Lesson on FORGIVENESS. - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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He told the children that for every person who heard you write their name on a tomato.
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So the children brought tomatoes to class that day.
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The number of tomatoes is equivalent to the number of people that have heard them.
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Some had three tomatoes, others have 30 tomatoes.
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And the teacher said, fine, after writing the name, put it into your school bag and you're going to carry this tomato everywhere you go, even at home for the next two weeks.
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So the kids brought the tomato everywhere, they went happily.
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In the beginning, it was fun.
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But then into the fifth day, the sixth day, it became so inconvenient.
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So they could not stand it before the two weeks ended.
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They went to the class and asked the teacher, this is so unreasonable.
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Are you sure you want us to do this because it is so heavy and it's rotting?
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We want to get rid of it.
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And teacher said, exactly that's the point.
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You see, unforgiveness is like carrying this rotten tomato in your heart.
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Every time when you choose to be unforgiving towards someone, you're carrying it wherever you go.
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You see, the only way to lighten your burden and to remove all this smell is to let go, forgive.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “A Deep Lesson on FORGIVENESS”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tomato, tomatoes, teacher. This video has 16 sentences and 213 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:59. The speaker talks fast, about 216 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
tomato noun/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
inconvenient adjective/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/not convenient
lighten verb/ˈlaɪ.tn̩/To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
unforgiveness nounLack of forgiveness.
unforgiving adjectiveUnwilling or unable to forgive or show mercy.
rot verb/ɹɑt/To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
unreasonable adjective/ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/Without the ability to reason; unreasoning.
rotten adjective/ˈɹɑtn̩/Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
happily adverb/ˈhæp.ə.li/In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
burden noun/ˈbɝdn̩/A heavy load.
forgive verb/fɚˈɡɪv/To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
wherever/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/Regardless of the place in, at or to which.

이 영상의 문법

화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.

문형영상 속 표현
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때have heard
관계절 who / which + 절 — 사람이나 사물에 대한 추가 정보person who heard
현재진행 am/is/are + -ing — 지금 또는 요즘 일어나고 있는 일you're carrying
“going to” 미래 be going to + 동사 — 계획이나 곧 일어날 것이 분명한 일you're going to carry

Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, unreasonable /ʌnˈɹiːz.(ə)nə.bl̩/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tomato, inconvenient, lighten.

쉐도잉이란? 영어 실력을 빠르게 키우는 과학적 방법

쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.

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